“This would mean that the US military is shooting down Russian planes”: Psaki rejects calls for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, while Zelensky begs the United States to impose one and says “our allies must also do their part.”

• Psaki rejected the idea of ​​a US-banned zone banned from flying over Ukraine
• The United States used tactics in Iraq and over Serbia in the 1990s, but not against a nuclear adversary
• Psaki said this “would essentially mean that the US military would shoot down planes – Russian planes”
• Ukrainian President Zelensky reportedly asked President Biden for a no-fly zone over “significant parts” of the country
• Russian President Putin has ordered his country’s nuclear forces to be on high alert on Sunday, raising tensions

from Jeff Earl, US Deputy Political Editor for Dailymail.com

Published: 18:39 GMT, 28 February 2022 | Updated: 20:19 GMT 28 February 2022

the White House Press secretary Jen Psaki rejected on Monday calls for the United States to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine, citing the risk that it could draw the United States into direct conflict with nuclear-armed Russia.

Psaki was asked about the proposal in an interview with MSNBC after reports that Ukrainian President Vladimir Green he asked the president directly Joe Biden to impose one. She dismissed the idea as a risky escalation.

“What it would require is implementation by the US military. This would essentially mean that the US military would shoot down Russian aircraft. This is definitely escalating and could potentially put us in a military conflict with Russia. This is not something the president wants to do.

“These are the reasons it’s not a good idea,” she added when pressed.

Her comment came on a day when the United States and Western allies continued to take steps designed to harm Russia in other ways, including promises of defensive weapons.

– These are the reasons why it is not a good idea. Jen Psaki rejected the idea of ​​a US-banned no-fly zone over Ukraine

President Biden on Friday instructed the State Department to release an additional $ 350 million military aide to Ukraine. The state said anti-aircraft weapons were involved.

Germany overcame its reluctance to send weapons to military zones when it announced it would send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to Ukraine.

Russia continues to strike at Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv, although US authorities say its airspace remains contested.

Psaki commented to MSNBC amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine

US officials fear growing civilian casualties amid ongoing Russian attack

It is still unclear how the Allies will acquire weapons and ammunition in Ukraine amid a massive Russian invasion.

A train with Czech equipment arrived on Sunday, and another is on its way on Monday, AP reported.

Zelenski asked Biden to impose a no-fly zone over “significant parts” of the country, Axios reported.

Zelensky said in a statement to the publication provided by an adviser: “If the West does this, Ukraine will defeat the aggressor with much less blood.”

He said US and European sanctions were “going in the right direction” but that “in addition to excluding Russia’s central bank from SWIFT [the international banking system] and by providing more Stingers and anti-tank weapons, we need the West to impose a no-fly zone over large parts of Ukraine. ”

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RussiaUkraine’s war is likely to delay Rosalind Franklin’s upcoming mission Marsaccording to the European Space Agency (ESA).

In a statement issued Monday, ESA said it had “fully complied with sanctions” imposed on Russia by its 22 member states over the armed conflict.

According to ESA, the ambitious UK-built rover Rosalind Franklin is now “very unlikely” to launch in 2022.

Part of the ExoMars mission, the rover is a joint project of ESA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

It was to explode in space this September from southern Kazakhstan and was to land on Mars in June 2023.

The rover Rosalind Franklin (pictured here on Mars) was about to take off for the Red Planet in September 2022, but this year’s launch is now “very unlikely”

Rosalind Franklin is a planned robotic rover, part of the international program ExoMars, led by the European Space Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos. Pictured is Rosalind’s twin on Earth, known as Amalia, who successfully left the platform in a field simulator on Mars

Russia designed the Cossack lander, which was to deploy rosary Rosalind Franklin.

ECA MEMBER STATES

The European Space Agency (ESA) has 22 Member States:

– Austria

– Belgium

– Czech Republic

– Denmark

– Estonia

– Finland

– France

– Germany

– Greece

– Hungary

– Ireland

– Italy

– Luxembourg

– The Netherlands

– Norway

– Poland

– Portugal

– Romania

– Spain

– Sweden

– Switzerland

– United Kingdom

Note: Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia are associate members, while Canada participates in certain programs under a cooperation agreement.

IN statement Published on its website, ESA said it was “assessing the consequences of each of our current programs” in cooperation with Roscosmos, while condemning Russia’s actions.

We deplore the human casualties and tragic consequences of the war in Ukraine, ESA said.

“We give absolute priority to making the right decisions, not only on behalf of our workforce participating in the programs, but with full respect for our European values, which have always fundamentally shaped our approach to international cooperation.

“With regard to the continuation of the ExoMars program, sanctions and the wider context make the launch in 2022 very unlikely.”

In response to the decision, Dmitry Rogozin, director general of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, published in his native language to Twitter: “The European Space Agency, in defiance of the Russian grandmother, decided to freeze her ears.”

In a statement from ESA, the space agency also said it had taken note of Roscosmos’ decision to withdraw its Soyuz workforce from the European spaceport in Kourou, South America.

Russia’s decision to do so, announced by Rogozin on Saturday, is due to sanctions imposed by Europe.

The future of the International Space Station (ISS), which has been backed by five participating space agencies – including ESA, Roscosmos and NASA – since its inception, has also been called into question.

Pictured is Dmitry Rogozin, director general of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. In response to ESA’s decision, Rogozin tweeted: “The European Space Agency, in defiance of the Russian grandmother, has decided to freeze her ears.”

The International Space Station (ISS, pictured), which is 357.5 feet wide and 239.4 feet long, completes an entire orbit around the Earth once every 90 minutes

War in Ukraine: the latest

• Ukraine’s defense ministry says Russia has lost 5,300 troops, 29 planes, 29 helicopters and 151 tanks
• Russia’s Defense Ministry admitted for the first time that it had suffered losses, but declined to say how much
• Russia’s economy falls into free fall as Western sanctions imposed over the weekend take effect, with the ruble falling to its lowest level ever
• Moscow’s central bank has more than doubled interest rates to 20 percent
• Russia orders people and companies to sell 80% of their income in foreign currency, forcing them to buy the ruble to help maintain it
• The Moscow Stock Exchange will not open at least 15:00 in an attempt to prevent a total collapse
• Zelensky allows Ukrainian prisoners to be released if they join the defense forces to “pay off their debt”
• The President of Ukraine also announced the creation of an “international brigade” for foreign volunteers wishing to join the military, after “thousands” applied
• Spanish foreign minister calls Putin’s order to bring nuclear forces on high alert “another sign [his] absolute irrationality “
• Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his country should be open to deploying nuclear weapons
• Germany announces $ 112 million fund to rebuild the country’s armed forces, more than double its current self-defense budget
• EU announces for the first time in its history that it will send funds to Ukraine for weapons – including fighter jets

Currently, seven astronauts – four from the United States, two from Russia and one from Germany – are on the ISS.

Rogozin said US sanctions could “destroy our cooperation” and said the research platform would fall to Earth without the help of his nation.

“If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from uncontrolled descents and falls on US or European territory?” Rogozin said, noting that the station does not fly over much of Russia.

However, a space expert said this was unlikely, given that Roscosmos has Russian personnel on board.

“No one wants to endanger the lives of astronauts and astronauts through political maneuvers,” John Logsden, a professor and space analyst at George Washington University, told AFP.

Regarding the rover Rosalind Franklin, ESA also said that its CEO “will analyze all options and prepare a formal solution for the way forward.”

ExoMars – a joint program of ESA and Roscosmos – actually consists of two missions, one of which is still pending.

The first, Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, arrived on Mars in 2016 and began its full scientific mission in 2018.

The TGO was accompanied by the failed Schiaparelli lander, which crashed on the Martian surface due to the premature release of the parachute and is now no more than crispy black spot surrounded by rusty red sand.

ExoMars’ second mission includes a UK-built rover called Rosalind Franklin and the Cossack ground platform.

Named after the London-born scientist and co-discoverer of DNA structure, Rosalind Franklin was due to explode in space in September 2022 from South Kazakhstan.

Built by Airbus Defense and Space, at the company’s facility in the United Kingdom in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, the rover is able to penetrate 6.5 feet (2 meters) below the surface, collecting samples from regions not affected by radiation.

The rover is the first to pay tribute to a female scientist on its flagship discovery ship.

It is only possible to make the shorter, nine-month trip to Mars every two years, which is why the rover could not start last year.

TGO (pictured here as an artist) arrived on Mars in 2016 and began its full scientific mission in 2018.

In January, the UK Space Agency confirmed Rosalind Franklin had passed the final round of tests and was about to take off for the Red Planet in September.

Understanding the history of Mars ‘water and whether it has ever allowed life to flourish is at the heart of ExoMars’ ESA missions.

“The rosary named after Rosalind Franklin will drill up to two meters into the surface to take samples from the soil, analyze its composition and look for evidence of past – and perhaps even present – life buried underground,” says ESA. .

EUROPE AND RUSSIA WORK TOGETHER ON EXOMARS MISSION TO SEEK SIGNS OF MARSAN LIFE

The main goal of ExoMars is to find out if life has ever existed on Mars – it will do so through a series of instruments on the surface and in orbit.

This includes an orbital spacecraft called the Trace Gas ORbiter (TGO), which carries a probe to study traces of gases such as methane around the planet.

Scientists believe that methane, a chemical that is highly linked to life on Earth, could help identify areas where life exists or may have existed.

The second part of the ExoMars mission, postponed to 2022/2023 due to a coronavirus, will deliver a rover to the surface of Mars.

The rover is being built in Stevenage, UK and is named after British scientist Rosalind Franklin.

It will be the first to be able to move on the planet’s surface as well as drill into the ground to collect and analyze samples.

The rover will include a technology called Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA), which will allow it to analyze samples and send data back to Earth.

The left-wing Democratic Socialist group of America was criticized over the weekend after calling for the dissolution of NATORussia’s Western Union and blaming the United States’ “imperialist expansionism” for Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine.

DSA, which boasts high-ranking members as a representative of New York. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a senator from Vermont Bernie Sandersissued a statement Saturday night condemning Russia’s invasion and calling for Vladimir Putin to call in his troops immediately.

As soon as it called for a ceasefire, the progressive group also called for an end to “further intervention” – even when Kyiv’s top officials called on Europeans and other global allies to take up arms and fight Moscow’s military.

They also appear to have rejected coordinated sanctions against Russia in a historic joint effort, such as economic “overcoming” and arguing that Western attempts to punish Putin would only cost more lives.

Current and former Democrat lawmakers and even a Biden White House official have challenged their views.

“There is no solution through war or further intervention. “This crisis requires an immediate international anti-war response, requiring de-escalation, international cooperation and opposition to unilateral coercive measures, militarization and other forms of economic and military edge that will only exacerbate the human consequences of this conflict,” said the Democratic Socialists.

Ukrainian soldier in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 28. In the early hours of Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his military orders to attack their neighbor.

View of the wreckage after a rocket hit buildings while Russian attacks continue in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on February 28

A US soldier plays with a dog at a military camp in Arlamov, southeastern Poland, near the border with Ukraine, on Monday, February 28.

“The DSA reaffirms our call on the United States to withdraw from NATO and put an end to the imperialist expansionism that laid the groundwork for this conflict.

“We call on anti-war activists in the United States and around the world to oppose the escalation of violence, to demand a lasting diplomatic solution and to emphasize the critical need to accept all refugees stemming from this crisis.”

The statement ended: “There is no war, but a class war.”

Many Democrats jumped in to criticize the DSA’s message, including the White House.

Biden’s director of rapid response, Mike Gwyn, called the far-left statement “shameful.”

The Los Angeles branch of the DSA tweeted: “That’s a good statement, Mike.”

Biden’s spokesman returned fire with a statement earlier this year, accusing Western media of “inciting conflict” in Ukraine’s separatist region – which has been at war with Russian-backed rebels since 2014 – and calling for a revolution in the country against their Moscow puppet government in that year “coup”.

White House Rapid Response Director Mike Guinn condemned the Democratic Socialists of America for their statement in support of the dissolution of NATO

“You may want to re-evaluate why you call the deaths of dozens of Ukrainians seeking democracy and fundamental freedoms in 2014 a coup,” Gwyn said.

New York Democrat Richie Torres has accused the DSA of spreading a pro-Putin message and comparing it to that of Fox conservative leader Tucker Carlson.

“FACT: [DSA] called for the withdrawal of the United States from NATO, which would be a gift to Vladimir Putin. FACT: [Tucker Carlson] called Russia’s impending invasion of Ukraine a “border dispute,” Torres wrote on Twitter on Sunday.

He said Carlson and the DSA had “joined forces to form a pro-Putin axis in American politics, a union of useful idiots.”

Former New York spokesman Max Rose, who is running for office this year, tweeted: WWII.’

Another New York MP from the left, Tom Suozzi, applauded Rose’s message.

“I strongly oppose the DSA statement calling on the United States to leave NATO. We need to stand by NATO, stand with Ukraine and face Putin’s harassment, “said Suotsi, who is leaving the House of Representatives later this year to run for governor.

Many other Democrats have jumped in to defend NATO and criticize the DSA’s comments

Foreign policy expert Benjamin Whits accuses the Democratic Socialists of waging a “war against their honest history”

Not surprisingly, many New York lawmakers oppose the message, given that their state is home to the country’s largest Ukrainian population.

Democrat MP Connor Lamb of Pennsylvania, who is running for the Senate this year, defended sending US weapons and defense equipment to Ukraine: “I’m sure your words mean nothing to them, but anti-tank missiles and bullets matter.”

Benjamin Whits, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, accused the Democratic Socialists of waging a “war on honest history.”

‘The [DSA] continues its war against its honest history in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling on the United States to leave NATO and abandon the imperialism that they believe has given rise to the conflict. Did the DSA consult with an Eastern European before releasing this? Whits wrote on Twitter on Sunday night.

The Alliance of the North Atlantic Treaty was established in 1949 to oppose the former Soviet Union. Ukraine’s interest in joining the Western defense organization is seen as a threat from the Kremlin, which has demanded that its security guarantees never allow it to do so.

It is unclear whether Ocasio-Cortez or Sanders support the DSA’s call for a review of the global security order by withdrawing the United States from NATO, but both progressives seemed wary of being too involved in the conflict.

Two of the most popular members of the DSA are Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders. It is unclear whether either supports the DSA’s call for US withdrawal from NATO, but both progressives seemed wary of being too involved in the conflict.

Just days before Putin personally ordered his forces to invade, Ocasio-Cortez joined an ideologically diverse coalition of lawmakers, including representatives of the Conservative Freedom Party, demanding that President Joe Biden first seek congressional permission before send troops on the spot. in Ukraine.

“The American people, through their representatives in Congress, deserve to have their say before American troops are put in danger or the United States gets involved in another foreign conflict,” a February 22 letter to Biden said.

Biden has repeatedly vowed that American boots on the ground in Ukraine are off the table.

Earlier this month, Sanders stopped calling for significant changes in NATO.

Speaking in the Senate hall as Russian troops and equipment menacingly piled up on Ukraine’s borders, he urged his colleagues to reflect on Russia’s security concerns. He compared the situation to the hypothetical concern the United States would feel if neighboring Mexico “formed a military alliance with a US adversary.”

“Countries should be free to make their own foreign policy choices, but making that choice wisely requires serious consideration of the costs and benefits. The fact is that the entry of the United States and Ukraine into deeper security relations is likely to have very serious costs – for both countries, “Sanders said on February 10.

DailyMail.com contacted the offices of Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez to ask if they supported the message of the Democratic Socialists and the dissolution of NATO.

Diane Feinstein’s husband Richard Bloom has died at the age of 86 after a long battle with cancer. California the senator announced Monday.

“My heart is broken today,” Feinstein said in a statement. “My husband was my partner and best friend for more than 40 years. He was by my side for the good moments and the challenges. I will miss him terribly.

The couple was a key element in California politics. The couple married in 1980, when Feinstein was mayor of San Francisco, and Bloom worked as private equity in the company he founded – Blum Capital Partners. This was Feinstein’s third marriage and Bloom’s second. He had three daughters from his previous marriage.

“Dick was incredibly devoted to his family, especially his daughters and grandchildren, and my heart is with them and everyone Dick has met,” she added. “He was the type of man who really changed his branch in life, who left things better than he found them. His great generosity is an inspiration to so many of us.

Over the years, he has advised Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton on economic policy. Former President Barack Obama has appointed Bloom a member of the President’s Global Development Council.

A longtime friend of the Dalai Lama, Feinstein said her husband’s “most enduring legacy” was his “compassion and devotion to the people of the Himalayan region.”

“My heart is broken today,” wrote Sen. Diane Feinstein, on the right, in a statement announcing the death of her husband, Richard Bloom, on the left.

“Dick was incredibly devoted to his family, especially his daughters and grandchildren, and my heart is with them and everyone Dick has met,” Feinstein told Bloom.

A longtime friend of the Dalai Lama, left, Feinstein said her husband’s “most enduring legacy” was his “compassion and devotion to the people of the Himalayan region.”

Bloom shared a laugh with Michelle Obama before giving a speech at the opening of UC Merced in 2009.

In 1981, he founded the American Himalayan Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides aid to Tibetans, Sherpas and Nepalese in the region.

“We have a hole in our hearts that will never be filled,” Feinstein concluded. “Dick, we love you, we will miss you and we will continue to celebrate everything you have achieved in an amazing life.”

Bloom reportedly asked for an ambassadorial post in Europe in the Biden administration after he and Feinstein were staunch supporters of Biden’s candidacy during the race.

As 88-year-old Feinstein spent the last thirty years in Congress, her husband also spent years on the Board of Governors of the University of California.

In 2020, a state audit accused a regent who turned out to be Bloom of writing to the Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, to insist on accepting a candidate who was on the waiting list and had about a 1 in 4 chance of getting in

The audit found that the admission of an unnamed student was “probably influenced by the regent’s advocacy.”

In response to the audit, Bloom admitted News from San Jose Mercury he had done it many times and did not think that the letter had misused its influence.

“I’ve done it several times,” he said, adding that he didn’t think his letters “ever had much of an impact.”

“This is the first time I’ve heard that I may have done something wrong,” he said. I think that’s a lot of nonsense.

The audit came after an unrelated college admission scandal that tied celebrities and big names like Felicity Huffman and Lori Loflin.

Feinstein herself will be re-elected in 2024. The senator has not yet said whether she plans to run for re-election, but she will be 91 by election day.

Feinstein and Bloom are pictured above celebrating their engagement with champagne

Feinstein and Bloom are pictured above in 1992 celebrating her victory in the Senate

Feinstein and Bloom are pictured arriving for a state dinner with Queen Elizabeth in San Francisco in 1983.

Blunt was sometimes confronted with questions about his financial ties to China, while his wife insisted on closer relations between Washington and Beijing in the 1990s, fighting for permanent status as the nation’s most favored nation for trade with China.

After questions about his business in China, Bloom promised to donate all future profits from his investments there to his non-profit organization.

“This should remove any perception that I am in any way shaping or benefiting or influencing my wife’s position on China as a US senator,” Bloom said at the time.

There were also questions about his company’s investments in defense companies, as his wife was a member of the Senate Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee, although none of them were found to have broken the law.

Hunter Biden had close ties to a company that ran a $ 60 million fraud scheme – for which his best friend has now been convicted – revealed emails received from DailyMail.com.

Devon Archer, who has been close to Biden for decades, was sentenced to one year in prison on Monday for his role in a complex scheme to defraud an Indian tribe.

Archer, 47, appeared before his trial in Targud Marshall Court in Lower Manhattan, where Judge Ronnie Abrams also ordered him to deprive him of $ 15,700,513 and pay $ 43,427,436 in restitution.

Archer was convicted in 2018 along with two of his business partners in the financial group Burnham of defrauding the Oglala Sioux Indian tribe of proceeds from the sale of bonds.

During the trial, it turned out that Hunter’s name was used in the literature promoting the scheme and was cited as a witness.

Hunter Biden’s friend and business partner (second from left) in his controversial dealings with the Chinese, Devon Archer (far right), was convicted in 2018 of participating in a $ 60 million scheme to defraud an Indian tribe.

Emails show that the president’s son, pictured last November, had close ties to Archer’s company, Burnham Financial Group, and later tried to distance himself from it after some of its leaders were accused of the scheme.

Hunter’s lawyer then said he knew nothing about it.

“The defendants invoked and used Hunter’s name – without his knowledge – to give more credibility to their business venture,” said lawyer George Mezires.

“As soon as Hunter learned of the illegal conduct and that his name was being used in this unauthorized and inappropriate manner, Hunter took immediate steps to ensure that his business interests were not linked to the Burnham Group or any of the accused. ‘

But the emails show that the 52-year-old Hunter was involved in other deals with the company and Archer during the period when she committed fraud worth $ 60 million from 2014 to 2016.

Archer wrote to Hunter in September 2011 encouraging him to meet Bevan Cooney, one of the first to be jailed for the scheme, telling his best friend, “I want to work with them” and “I want to you meet Chad [another business associate] and Bevan. Our type of boys.

In May 2014, Hunter wrote to Archer asking about their plan to sell his brokerage and dealership, Rosemont Seneca Partners, to Burnham as part of their deal.

“We need to draw Burnham’s game and start moving BD [broker-dealer] and an advisory team in that direction, without revealing too much before anything is certain, ”Hunter wrote to Archer.

Archer responded by saying that he may face difficulties with financial regulators – but that his main concern is to get paid.

In 2014, a slide presentation prepared for Chinese investors and sent to Hunter listed Archer as a “managing partner and director.”

The presentation hinted at Hunter’s financial ties to Burnham, and after noting that “optics are important for winning a banking business,” he added: “H. Biden’s brokerage dealer improves relations

In a July 2014 email from DailyMail.com, Archer further explained Hunter’s proposed involvement, saying the deal would involve Burnham buying Hunter’s financial firm Rosemont Seneca

– I agree. It is being worked on by Burnham, but it is difficult to do anything before it is closed and there is still a risk that it will not be closed, mostly by [financial watchdog] “FINRA approval and approval from the board of trustees of mutual funds,” he said.

“The plan is clear and simple enough if it takes a control position on the board; affect the acquisition of RSP BD [Rosemont Seneca Partners broker-dealer]. I need to figure out how to get compensation for this.

The president’s son soon began playing a major role in Burnham’s business, brokering a joint venture for the company with a giant Chinese investment firm called Bohai Harvest.

One of his business partners, James Bulger, outlined his importance in an email from October 2014.

– Henry [Zhao, a Bohai executive] we believe he is still interested in a joint venture [joint venture] a deal, if a fair valuation of Burnham can be negotiated, and if YOU are inside Burnham as the dealmaker, ”Bulger wrote to Hunter.

He asked Hunter to tell Zhao that “you expect to meet him” in the United States and “you really want to create the Harvest / Burnham platform.”

“Henry respects you very highly, Hunter, so mentioning these two important points and expressing our commitment to this joint venture is of great importance to all of us,” Bulger added.

Archer wrote to Hunter in September 2011, encouraging him to meet Bevon Cooney, one of the first to be jailed for the tribal bond scheme.

Joe Biden (second from right) and his son Hunter (far right) play golf in the Hamptons with Devon Archer (far left), who serves on Burisma’s board with Hunter. The 2014 photo appeared during the presidential campaign

The main role of the president’s son in the deal was outlined in an email from one of his business partners, James Bulger, in October 2014. Bulger stressed the “high importance” of Hunter’s commitment

A 2014 presentation prepared for Chinese investors and sent to Hunter lists Archer as a “managing partner and director” and hints at Hunter’s financial ties to Burnham.

After noting that “optics are important for winning a banking business”, the deck added with one point: “H. Biden’s broker, Biden’s broker’s dealer improves the relationship.

Archer further explained Hunter’s proposed involvement in an email from July 2014, saying the deal would involve Burnham to buy Hunter’s financial firm Rosemont Seneca.

“The key idea is to fund the $ 6 billion acquisition of the AUM PPLI business through a consolidated Burnham, which will buy our BD as a follow-up to what we call H Biden’s strategic stake.” wrote Archer.

“Looks like a great plan,” Hunter said.

According to emails from his Rosemont business partner Eric Schwerin to Hunter, the president’s son reported a $ 166,666 profit from Burnham in his 2015 tax return.

In March 2016, Hunter wrote to Zhao, confirming that the Bohai-Burnham deal had been made.

Thornton Group Chairman James Bulger (first from left), Rosemont Seneca President Hunter Biden (third from left), Hillhouse Capital founder Zhang Lei (fourth from left), Rosemont Seneca CEO Devon Archer (second from right)

In April 2016, his lawyer, George Mezires, sent Hunter a list of “government issues,” including who brought [the] Deal with Burnham at the table?

On May 11, 2016, Rosemont’s business partner Eric Schwerin assured Hunter that there was no “no allegation that you have anything to do with it, only that you do business together.”

“I am so glad to hear that we have closed our joint venture between Harvest and Burnham,” he said. “I have no doubt that this working relationship will continue as we move forward.”

But just weeks later, Hunter was confronted with questions from federal law enforcement that were approaching the deception of Burnham leaders.

In April 2016, his lawyer, George Mezires, sent Hunter a list of “government issues,” including who brought [the] Burnham deal on the table? “,” The nature of [his] relationship with Burnham Asset Management? and why he was paid $ 248,000 in “sporadic and varying amounts” through indirect telegrams to another company.

A scandal erupted in May of that year when the SEC accused Archer and other Burnham executives Jason Galanis and Cooney of selling counterfeit bonds. Hunter was not named in the prosecution’s complaint.

Jason Galanis was one of the organizers of the fraud scheme and is currently in prison for fraud

Prosecutors said Galanis, his father John ‘Yani’ Galanis, Gary Hearst, Hugh Dunkerley, Bevan Cooney, Devon Archer and Michelle Morton lied to the Oglala Sioux from March 2014 to April about how the proceeds from his bonds would be invested. .

The government claims that Galanis and others have spent most of the revenue on homes, cars, travel, designer clothes such as Gucci, Prada, Valentino and jewelry.

It says they tricked investors into buying bonds as well. Galanis was charged with conspiracy to defraud securities, conspiracy to defraud an investment adviser and fraud with an investment adviser.

Hunter wrote anxiously to Schwerin and Mezires, asking if they should “push harder” against a Wall Street Journal article about the arrests describing Hunter’s relationship with Archer.

“There are no allegations that you had anything to do with it, only that you do business together. “It’s still not good, but I’m not sure how we’re going to back off without asking more questions,” Schwerin said.

The two hired a former spin doctor for Joe Biden, Robert Hoops, to try to persuade reporters to keep them out of Burnham’s fraud stories.

Jason’s brother, Derek Galanis, 49, (left) wrote a book about his decades of experience with his father’s criminal enterprise called Greed and Fear: The Galanis Criminal Family

The organizers of the fraudulent tribal bond scheme are Jason Galanis and his father John, serial fraudsters with deep ties to mobsters, including the infamous Gambino criminal family, according to Jason Derek’s brother.

“I grew up with Bevan, I obviously grew up with my brother. “Tommy Gambino and Tony Gambino have always been around us,” Derek told DailyMail.com.

Derek, 49, has written a book about his decades of experience with his father’s criminal enterprise called Greed and Fear: The Galanis Criminal Family.

He said his brother and father were excited when Hunter agreed to join the Burnham business.

“His name was around the house.” They’ll talk about Hunter every second, Derek said.

Derek said he had never heard public talk about Hunter being aware of Galany’s fraudulent intentions.

Hunter and his lawyers did not respond to requests for comment.

NASA’s Curiosity rover notices a coral-like mineral formation on the surface of the Red Planet, probably made from water flowing over a rock billions of years ago

• NASA’s Curiosity rover has been in the Gale Crater on Mars since November 2011.
• He was looking for signs of ancient water believed to flow into the crater
• The last image was taken with a microscope instrument known as MAHLI
• It shows a small mineral structure, similar to a flower, that once formed in a rock
• This may be the result of dripping water through the rock formation

from Ryan Morrison for Dailymail.Com

Published: 19:06 GMT, 28 February 2022 | Updated: 19:07 GMT 28 February 2022

NASACuriosity’s rover captures an image of what looks like a coral “flower” in Gale Crater Marsbut it is actually a microscopic mineral formation.

The microscopic view of Martian sand is made with a hand lens on Mars (MAHLI), a tool for depicting minerals, textures and structures in rocks and soil on scales smaller than the diameter of human hair.

The Curiosity team confirmed that this is a “diagenetic crystal cluster” that NASA JPL experts have suggested may have been formed by minerals that precipitate from the water.

Although it looks large in the images, it is actually less than a penny and consists of three-dimensional crystal clusters made from a combination of minerals.

NASA scientists say this could tell them more about the structure of Martian soil and what the planet once looked like, including the flow of long-extinct water.

NASA’s Curiosity rover captures an image of what looks like a coral “flower” in the Gale Crater on Mars, but is actually a microscopic mineral formation

The Curiosity team confirmed that this is a “diagenetic crystal cluster” that NASA JPL experts have suggested may have been formed by minerals that precipitate from the water.

Curiosity explores Gale Crater, a dry lake bed that stretches 96 miles in diameter and includes Mount Aeolis Mons, which rises 18,000 feet above the bottom of the crater.

NASA initially chose the crater as the site of Curiosity, which landed on Mars in November 2011 due to evidence of water in the distant past.

Abigail Freiman, a Curiosity scientist, turned to Twitter to explain the unusual formation, describing it as “tiny, small, delicate structures formed by a mineral that precipitates from water.”

This is not the first time the rover has seen these formations, which are probably made of salts called sulfates, if this is the same as previous versions.

The Curiosity team confirmed that this is a “diagenetic crystal cluster” that NASA JPL experts speculate may have been formed by minerals that precipitate from water.

Although it looks large in the images, it is actually less than a penny and consists of three-dimensional crystal clusters made from a combination of minerals.

It is known as the diagenetic crystal cluster, where the diagenetic refers to the recombination of minerals, in this case probably from running water.

Studies of earlier versions have revealed that minerals that sprouted in different directions were probably embedded in a rock that eroded over time.

However, the minerals appear to be resistant to erosion, so they remain on the dusty surface of the Red Planet, NASA scientists explained.

The microscopic view of Martian sand is made with the Mars Hand Lens (MAHLI), a tool for depicting minerals, textures and structures in rocks and soil on scales smaller than the diameter of human hair.

The feature is also known as a concretion, as the versions can be seen from the rover Opportunity, which no longer works and was called “blueberries” because they are small and round.

Curiosity also discovered a similar, flower-like feature in 2013, and the Spirit rover saw rocks he called “cauliflower” because they had lumps.

The same type of blueberry-like structures seen by Opportunity can also be seen in Curiosity’s new image, next to the flower-like feature.

This feature is called “Blackthorn Salt” by NASA’s Curiosity rover team, which uses MAHLI to take a close-up view of minerals and textures.

NASA’s MARS CURIOSITY ROVER LAUNCHED IN 2011 AND IMPROVED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RED PLANET

Mars Mars Curiosity was originally launched from Cape Canaveral, a US Air Force station in Florida on November 26, 2011.

After embarking on a journey of 350 million miles (560 million km), the £ 1.8 billion ($ 2.5 billion) research vehicle landed just 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from its designated landing site.

After a successful landing on August 6, 2012, the rover traveled about 11 miles (18 km).

It launched on the spacecraft of the Martian Science Laboratory (MSL) and the rover makes up 23 percent of the total mission mass.

With 80 kg (180 lb) of scientific instruments on board, the rover weighs a total of 899 kg (1982 lb) and is powered by a plutonium fuel source.

The rover is 2.9 meters (9.5 feet) long, 2.7 meters (8.9 feet) wide and 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) high.

The Curiosity rover was originally intended to be a two-year information-gathering mission to help determine whether the planet can sustain life, liquid water, study the climate and geology of Mars, and has been active for more than 2,000 days.

The rover was originally intended to be a two-year information gathering mission to help determine whether the planet can sustain life, whether there is liquid water, and how to study the climate and geology of Mars.

Due to its success, the mission has been extended indefinitely and has been active for more than 2,000 days.

The rover has several scientific tools on board, including a mast that consists of two cameras and can make high-resolution images and videos in real colors.

So far, while traveling as a car-sized robot, he has stumbled upon an ancient streambed where liquid water flowed, not after discovering that billions of years ago a nearby area known as Yellowknife Bay was part of from a lake that can sustain microbial life.

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A man has been criticized online for saying it was “unfair” that “all men should stay and fight” amid the war in Ukraine as “children, the elderly and women leave the country”.

TikToker that goes by username @non-political speech online, sparked outrage after he posted a video expressing outrage at the shortage of women fighting in the current war between Ukraine and Ukraine. Russiawhile hitting feminists that they were “silent” about it.

“Again, all men in Ukraine must stay and fight to protect children, the elderly and women leaving the country,” he wrote in the controversial video, which has now been viewed more than two million times.

“Where are all the feminists to say this is unfair? It’s been really quiet lately.

A man has been criticized online for saying it was “unfair” that “all men should stay and fight” amid the war in Ukraine as “children, the elderly and women leave the country”

TikToker, who has the username @notpoliticalspeaking online, angered many people on the Internet after telling feminists that they were “silent” about it.

Russia launched a comprehensive attack on Ukraine on Thursday with rockets falling from the sky, tanks rolling across the border and masses of attack helicopters storming the capital Kyiv

Against the backdrop of the invasion, Ukraine announced that men between the ages of 18 and 60 should stay and fight. Russian armored vehicles are depicted on the roads near the Chernobyl headquarters

More than 120,000 Ukrainians have fled the country in search of asylum. Two couples are pictured saying goodbye before the women board a train to a safe place in a neighboring country.

However, many women remained to help defend their country. A woman is pictured during a military exercise for civilians before the Russian invasion

Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine on Thursday with rockets falling from the sky, tanks rolling across the Belarusian border and masses of attack helicopters storming the capital, Kyiv, after Russian leader Vladimir Putin personally ordered an invasion.

Ukrainian troops are fighting Russian forces to control the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 60 miles north of the capital Kyiv, amid fears the battle could damage nuclear waste storage facilities, causing precipitation that could cover Europe.

Ukraine announced on Thursday that men between the ages of 18 and 60 are not allowed to leave the country and must stay and fight amid the Russian invasion.

More than 120,000 Ukrainians – mostly women and children – fled in an effort to seek refuge and safety in neighboring countries.

However, many women remained to help defend their country, including Yarina Arieva, a member of Kyiv’s city council.

“We have to protect him. We must protect the people we love and the land we live on, “Yarina said CNN. “I hope for the best, but I’m doing what I can to protect my land.”

It is also reported that many of the women and children still in Ukraine have begun preparing an improvised arsenal of weapons to use against invading Russian forces in a campaign of mass civil resistance.

Many of the women and children still in Ukraine are now preparing makeshift weapons to use against Russian forces. They are pictured making the weapons

They began producing Molotov cocktails – a kind of bomb – after calls by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for civilians to go to guerrilla war with Russian troops.

The Wall Street Journal reports that 32,000 women are currently serving in the Ukrainian army – about 15 percent of the total military personnel

They began producing Molotov cocktails – a kind of bomb – following calls from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for civilians to include Russian troops in guerrilla warfare when they entered cities such as Lviv and Kyiv.

Military instructors were deployed in civilian areas of Ukraine to teach brave women and children how to make and throw improvised weapons – contained in glass bottles – in early February as Russia prepared to invade.

A teacher named Arina said BBC News“No one thought we would spend our weekend like that.

“No one has thought about it, but we are doing it now and it seems like the only important thing we need to do now. We can’t just live our ordinary lives, if we are safe, we have to do something.

Another woman, named Victoria, told exit that she is “not afraid” and has no plans to “leave her country.”

“I am not afraid, to be honest. I only worry about my daughters, that’s all. I see that things are not good for Ukraine, but I cannot leave my country. “We have to be patriots,” she said.

The Wall Street Journal reported that 32,000 women currently serve in Ukraine’s army – about 15 percent of the total military personnel.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman on the front line,” said Oksana Kuzma, a female soldier with a rank equivalent to a personal first class.

In the comment section of the video, TikToker claims that although many women remain fighting, this is still a small percentage of the population.

“On the front line, it doesn’t matter if you are a man or a woman,” Oksana Kuzma, a female soldier, told the paper. The photo shows the hands of a different female soldier

Ukrainian troops fight Russian forces to control the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 60 miles north of the capital Kyiv

There are fears that the battle could damage warehouses containing nuclear waste, causing precipitation that could cover Europe. A Ukrainian woman is pictured training for battle

“You all keep saying that 32,000 women are fighting in Ukraine. “Ukraine has 17 million women,” he wrote. “That’s only 0.00188 percent of the 17 million people over the age of 18.”

A Ukrainian woman is pictured during a shooting practice before the invasion

The man’s comments quickly provoked a backlash, with many people going to the video’s comment section to share their embarrassment.

“How do you take something so serious that’s happening right now and distort it?” A disgruntled viewer asked.

Another added: “Man’s is using a full-scale invasion to justify his disregard for women.”

“My brother said that I should actually take a horrible event and take the opportunity to turn it into something misogynistic like my brother … Seek real help,” someone else said.

A fourth comment read: “People were dying and your first thought was to drag women down? Brother, you need help QUICKLY.

“Most of you boys would cry your first night in training camp,” wrote a woman who had previously fought in the military. – I served for four years. Where have you all been?

“Don’t act like it’s about equal rights when you can’t even begin to understand how these families are feeling right now,” agreed another TikTok user.

“And who did that?” Oh, yes, men, “someone else commented.

In the comment section of the video, TikToker claims that although many women remain fighting, this is still a small percentage of the population

The man’s comments quickly provoked a negative reaction, with many people going to the video’s comment section to share their horror and attack him.

The man told the DailyDot that he was not worried about angry comments, adding that “the truth is important”. He also posted a video in response to someone who called him “misogynistic.”

“Brother, half the time men don’t want us in the army,” said another viewer. “And if we do enter, we will probably be sexually abused. But leave.

“Boy, there are a lot of women fighting in the army right now while you’re sitting there recording this TikTok,” added another.

The man said DailyDot that he is not worried about angry comments, adding that “the truth is important” and reiterating his claims that men are called “when difficult times come in life”.

He also posted a second video in response to someone who wrote, “People are dying and do you care? You will never get bitches.

“Look at how you all say I’m a misogynist or I hate a woman. But here’s how you label women as bitches. That seems very sexist to me, “he said.